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Day 6, the last day of the Magic Marine Topper National Championships continued with the lighter airs of day 5 with a forecast of hot sunshine. Nathan Batchelor delivered the coaches Tip of the Day suggesting that concentration would be the key, especially in the later races and also that if this is the sailors last Topper event then look back on it with fond memories – remembering that this is, has been & always will be “The Friendly Class”.
Dave Cockerill announced that ITCA (GBR) are going to have a National 4.2 Squad this winter coached by himself for those sailors who are more suited to the smaller 4.2 sail than the 5.3. More details to follow at a parents briefing in the marquee and via the Topper website.
The fleet was launched in the usual efficient manner and set off to a slightly closer race area than previously used this week for a 12noon 1st start of 2 planned final races. The postponed flag was raised due to light & shifty airs and it was shortly after 1pm that the Gold fleet race got under way with a few noted individual recalls – Silver and Bronze fleets followed behind. Felicity Foulds was the first boat home, a result that would have taken to the top of the leaderboard had she not been OCS!, Finn Lynch took the gold fleet win with 12yr old Chris Towers winning the Silver fleet race and Dan Venables the Bronze fleet race.
This was to be the only race that was achieved today as the wind shifted and went light, by 2:50 the abandonment signals were raised and the fleet headed for shore and the final pack up.
In the end it was the remarkable consistency of results that gave Christopher Eames the Magic Marine Topper National Championship, he did all the hard work early in the week and did not take a race win in the Final part. Youth sailors Oliver Wright & Felicity Foulds led the chasing pack but their attempts to beat Chris were to no avail this time. In the Silver fleet it was Robbie Robinson who took 1st place with Christopher Berry and Hannah Chambers not far behind. In Bronze fleet James Cunnison was triumphant with Tom Methven and Ariana Nielsen Timms taking the final podium places.
This has without doubt been a very successful event, extremely professional race management,a great social programme and a safety fleet that was ready and able to cope with all the weathers that were sent, it has to be said that the full range of winds was sent to Pwllheli this week making the racing level for the wide variety of helm sizes. Charles Glover, Chairman of ITCA GBR was pleased to address the audience at the prizegiving in Welsh, he announced that next years Topper National Championships would be returning to Clwb Hwylio Pwllheli Sailing Club and a cheer came back from the rather large crowd of sailors and supporters.
For those that were away from Pwllheli, Phil Harland has been keeping a blog about the event, beamed live to the bar in Pwllheli & out over the internet this has proved extremely popular as working parents, grand parents, aunts & uncles have been kept up to speed, the GBR Topper website has recorded a 500+ increase in hits per day during the blog.
Rank | Helm | Club | Nett |
1 | Christopher EAMES | Strangford Lough Y.c. | 33.0 |
2 | Oliver WRIGHT | Rotherham | 38.0 |
3 | Felicity FOULDS | Norfolk Broads Yacht Club | 40.0 |
4 | Finn LYNCH | Blessington Sailing Club | 44.0 |
5 | Andrew BRIDGMAN | Blithfield | 54.0 |
6 | Tom SULLY | Thornbury Sailing Club | 61.0 |
7 | Alex BENBOW | Stokes Bay Sailing Club | 68.0 |
8 | Stephen DUKE | Courtown SC | 83.0 |
9 | James WILSON | Rollesby Broad SC | 87.0 |
10 | Henry WETHERELL | Beaver Sailing Club | 87.0 |
11 | Robbie GILMORE | Strangford Lough Yacht Club | 88.0 |
12 | Andrew MCGOWAN | Helensburgh SC / Ccc | 92.0 |
13 | Andrew GREEN | Leigh And Lowton Sailing Club | 92.0 |
14 | Tom BUCKTROUT | Grafham Water Sailing Club | 92.0 |
15 | Ian PAYNE | Draycote Water Sailing Club | 96.0 |
16 | Abigail HEWITT | West Lancs Yacht Club | 96.0 |
17 | Reuben MURPHY | Portishead | 107.0 |
18 | Tom PIGGOTT | Shotwick Lake | 110.0 |
19 | Alexander ALCOCK | Hunts Sailing Club | 116.0 |
20 | Michael BECKETT | Solva Rowing & Water Sports Club | 121.0 |
21 | Sarah YEATES | Leigh & Lowton SC | 121.0 |
22 | Ellie MEOPHAM | Solva Rowing And Water Sports Club | 129.0 |
23 | Sam KNIGHT | Bartley SC | 136.0 |
24 | Kieran HILL | SCaling Dam | 137.0 |
25 | Tobias HAMER | Langstone | 138.0 |
26 | Thomas WILLIAMS | Shotwick SC | 142.0 |
27 | Steven CLAYTON | Royal Harwich Yacht Club | 148.0 |
28 | Edward JONES | Chew Valley Lake SC | 150.0 |
29 | Jack PREECE | Cardiff Bay Yacht Club | 152.0 |
30 | George MEREDITH | Grafham Water | 155.0 |
31 | Anna ACKROYD | Norfolk Broads Yacht Club | 159.0 |
32 | Jennifer DOLAN | Blessington Sailing Club | 159.0 |
33 | Will HACKNEY | N.lincs | 161.0 |
34 | Hector SIMPSON | Yorkshire Dales SC | 175.0 |
35 | Ben CHRYSTALL | Dell Quay Sailing Club | 176.0 |
36 | Georgina POVALL | Hickling Broad | 182.0 |
37 | Mark BILLOWES | Bristol Corinthian YC | 192.0 |
38 | Annabel CATTERMOLE | Wgcsc | 198.0 |
39 | Charlotte BONELLA | Papercourt SC | 198.0 |
40 | Tom GOODEY | Broadstairs Sailing Club | 199.0 |
41 | Samantha BONELLA | Papercourt SC | 202.0 |
42 | Nick ADAMS | Rickmansworth SC | 204.0 |
43 | Karen THOMAS | R.l.y.c. | 208.0 |
44 | Thomas SCOTT | Alton Water SC | 212.0 |
45 | Angus GRAY-STEPHENS | Tarbert Loch Fyne YC/mid Argyll SC | 215.0 |
46 | Jamie NOYES | Elyc / St Marys Loch | 221.0 |
47 | Lucy JACKSON | Elton | 225.0 |
48 | James ASQUITH | Redesmere | 225.0 |
49 | Bradley HILTON | Rutland SC | 229.0 |
50 | Oliver MACHELL | Papercourt | 246.0 |
51 | Robyn COX | Port Dinorwic SC | 249.0 |
52 | Nathan ACKROYD | Norfolk Broads Yacht Club | 255.0 |
53 | Sara JACKSON | Llandegfedd SC | 256.0 |
54 | Gavin PAGE | Dabchicks | 259.0 |
55 | Matthew HALL | Spinnaker | 265.0 |
56 | Freddie SMITHERS | Bosham Sailing Club | 266.0 |
57 | Rheanna PAVEY | Stour Sailing Club / Alton Water Sports | 269.0 |
58 | Adam UNDERWOOD | Cotswold SC/ Thornbury SC | 272.0 |
59 | Daniel DRUCE | Datchet | 272.0 |
60 | James DUGDALE | Norfolk Broads Yacht Club | 273.0 |
61 | Adam MILLINGTON | Redesmere | 273.0 |
62 | Ellie CUMPSTY | Chew Valley Lake Sailing Club | 289.0 |
63 | Ross MORETON | Llandudno Sailing Club | 301.0 |
64 | Matthew DUFFIELD | Chelmarsh | 303.0 |
65 | Sam BARKER | Castle Cove Sailing Club | 303.0 |
66 | Bryony BENNETT-LLOYD | Hickling Broad SC | 303.0 |
67 | Alexander STILL | Royal Gourock Yacht Club | 304.0 |
68 | Matt VENABLES | Sutton & Shustoke | 304.0 |
69 | Helen ARMSTRONG | Derwent Reservoir SC | 306.0 |
70 | Jamie PURCELL | Redesmere | 306.0 |
71 | William TARN-CHAPMAN | Derwent Reservior | 307.0 |
72 | Emily ROBERTSON | Royal Forth YC | 311.0 |
73 | Daniel STOKES | Beaver SC | 313.0 |
74 | Alex JARDINE | Shotwick Lake | 315.0 |
75 | Giles KUZYK | Parkstone Yacht Club | 332.0 |
76 | Simon BENNETT | Nofolk Broads Yacht Club | 339.0 |
77 | Alex HUTCHINGS | Roadford | 345.0 |
78 | Rachel TILLEY | Llandegfedd SC | 351.0 |
79 | Lewis KNEALE | Chester S&cc | 354.0 |
80 | Megan ADAMS | West Lancashire Yacht Club | 355.0 |
81 | Will GLOVER | Rotherham SC | 359.0 |
82 | Ashley GREENALL | Fairlands | 365.0 |
83 | Richard THOMAS | Broadstairs SC | 370.0 |
84 | Danielle ROWE | Neyland And Cardiff Bay Yacht Club | 374.0 |
85 | Robert HOOPER | Royal Burnham Yacht Club | 395.0 |
86 | Charlotte FENN | Pevensey Bay S C | 399.0 |
87 | David PAUL | N/a | 402.0 |
88 | Samantha TOWERS | Yorkshire Dales Sailing Club /ripon SC | 403.0 |
89 | Kieran WOOD | Emsworth Slipper Sailing Club | 410.0 |
90 | Aimee SARACCO-JONES | Ch Pwllheli SC | 413.0 |
91 | Tom HOWARD | Island Barn Reservoir | 414.0 |
92 | Ben MACKLEY | Gwsc | 418.0 |
93 | Mark DOLAN | Blessington Sailing Club | 432.0 |
94 | Samantha FOSTER | Loch Tummel Sailing Club | 440.0 |
95 | Alasdair HUMPHRIES | Leigh & Lowton | 448.0 |
96 | Amy POLGLASE | Hayling Island | 448.0 |
97 | Noah KNAPTON | Derwent Reservoir SC | 476.0 |
98 | Callum MCCULLOUGH | Banbury SC | 482.0 |
99 | Finn CAIGER-SMITH | Wimbledon Park SC | 497.0 |
100 | Luke WHYBURD | Dabchicks | 505.0 |
101 | James WALKER | Northamption SC | 518.0 |